April 8, 2023: (latest data available, previous Ministry bulletin April 7, 2023 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-39304-haiti-cholera-daily-bulletin-151.html

Data calculated since the first confirmed case (October 3, 2022)

Total suspected cases: 39,682 cases +13* in 24 hours (%), the day before +96 in 24 hours

Total confirmed cases: 2.617** cases +0 (%), the day before +0 in 24 hours

Total hospitalized cases (suspected and confirmed): 34.198 cases +15* in 24 hours (0.02%), the day before +97 in 24 hours

Total deaths: 652 deaths ((437 institutional (+0) and 213 community (+0)) +0 (%), previous: +0 (not updated for 6 days by the Ministry)

Partial assessment of cholera in Haiti according to data from the Department of Epidemiology, Laboratories and Research of the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP).

*Incomplete update

**(no results published by the National Laboratory for 3 days)

Distribution and deviations of suspected cases, total since October 3:

(note: partial and incomplete update of the MSPP)

Less than 1 year: + 895 (+0)

1-4 years: 8,090 cases (+1)

5-9 years: 5,773 cases (+4)

10-14 years old: 2,853 cases (+0)

15-19 years old: 2,092 cases (+1)

20-29 years old: 5,194 cases (+3)

30-39 years old: 4,455 cases (+2)

40-49 years old: 3,272 cases (+0)

50-59 years old: 2,465 cases (+0)

60-69 years old: 1,734 cases (+1)

70-79 years old: 979 cases (+1)

80 years and over: 98 cases cases (The MSPP no longer updates this data)

Men: 54.90% men (=); Women 45.09% (=)

Positivity rate by age segment:

Number of tests carried out: 7,344 +0** in the previous 24 hours +0 in 24 hours

**(no results published by the National Laboratory for 3 days)

Positivity rate: 35.63%, previous 35.63%

Departments with confirmed cases:

Artibonite, Centre, Grand’Anse, North, North West, Nippes, North East, West, South and South East

Previous bulletin : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-39304-haiti-cholera-daily-bulletin-151.html

List of Treatment Centers for acute diarrhea (including Cholera) : https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-37939-icihaiti-flash-list-of-acute-diarrhea-treatment-centers-including-cholera.html

Definitions:

Suspected cases:

Anyone with acute watery, profuse diarrhea with or without vomiting and dehydration

Confirmed case:

Any suspected case with a positive culture for “Vibrio cholerae” or presenting an epidemiological link with a confirmed case of cholera

Hospitalized case:

Any suspected or confirmed case that spends at least 24 hours in a care centre

Institutional death:

Any suspected or confirmed case who dies in a treatment center.

Community death:

Any suspected case that dies outside of a caring institution.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-38148-haiti-humanitarian-the-un-and-its-partners-launch-a-flash-appeal-of-$1456m-for-haiti.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-37816-icihaiti-cholera-entry-ban-on-cooked-food-from-haiti-on-the-dajabon-market.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-37807-haiti-flash-cholera-the-who-is-sounding-the-alarm.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-37803-haiti-flash-already-7-dead-from-cholera-and-dozens-of-suspected-cases.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-37795-haiti-flash-cholera-back-in-haiti-fear-of-epidemic-the-un-ready-to-intervene.html

HL/ HaitiLibre